The Defiant Ones
The Defiant Ones

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When the truck that is transporting convicts has an accident on the road, the inmates John "Joker" Jackson and Noah Cullen that are chained to each other escape. They hate each other but they need to help each other to succeed in their intent of going north to jump in a train and reach freedom. Meanwhile the humane Sheriff Max Muller organizes a posse to track them down in a civilized manner and respecting justice. Joker and Cullen reach a small farm where a lonely woman help... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Defiant Ones:

Tony Curtis
Sidney Poitier
Theodore Bikel
Charles McGraw
Lon Chaney Jr.
King Donovan

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When the truck that is transporting convicts has an accident on the road, the inmates John "Joker" Jackson and Noah Cullen that are chained to each other escape. They hate each other but they need to help each other to succeed in their intent of going north to jump in a train and reach freedom. Meanwhile the humane Sheriff Max Muller organizes a posse to track them down in a civilized manner and respecting justice. Joker and Cullen reach a small farm where a lonely woman helps them to get rid of their chains. She offers to drive her car with Joker and her son Billy while Cullen would escape through the swamp to the railroad. But when Joker learns that she sent Cullen to a trap, he leaves her and is shot in the shoulder by Billy. Joker seeks out Cullen to save him and when they meet each other, their former hatred has changed to friendship and respect.

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Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) - 10/10 by Bob BloomPoitier and Curtis are great. Whoever thinks Curtis is just a pretty face should see his gripping performance.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 9/10 by Dennis SchwartzIt becomes shackled with its heavy-handed liberal message.
Variety - 9/10 by Variety StaffThe performances by Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier are virtually flawless.
The Nation - 8/10 by Robert HatchMr. Kramer's heart interferes with the action at several points, and though these lucky accidents are traditional in a chase picture, they do cloud the allegory.
Chicago Reader - 8/10 by Jonathan RosenbaumKramer was never much of a director, but there's still power in some of the performances, especially Poitier's.
New York Times - 8/10 by Bosley CrowtherA remarkably apt and dramatic visualization of a social idea—the idea of men of different races brought together to face misfortune in a bond of brotherhood — is achieved by Producer Stanley Kramer in his new film, The Defiant Ones.
Austin Chronicle - 8/10 by Marjorie BaumgartenNearly a decade before the supper-table racial detente of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Kramer mined the subject matter of racial divisiveness in the groundbreaking The Defiant Ones, which paired Curtis and Poitier as hunky prison escapees unhappily bonded to each other by means of metal chains and the mutual need to survive.
CineVue - 8/10 by Christopher MachellThe Defiant Ones combines Stanley Kramer’s trademark liberal politics with a picaresque adventure that is deftly entertaining, tense and heartfelt.
Backseat Mafia - 7/10 by Rob AldamCurtis is good but it's Poitier whose characterisation of barely concealed rage propels events forward.
Eye for Film - 7/10 by Jennie KermodeWith enough thrilling action to keep it enjoyable today, this is an important film that provided Poitier with a breakthrough role and helped Curtis to escape the simplistic hero mode in which his talents had too often been wasted.

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